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EDWARD K. MCGILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OETHItEE-FOURTHS TO GEORGE W. DELANY AND THOMAS W'ATTSON,

BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,991, dated August9, 188:7.

Application filed February 4, 1987. Serial No. 226,522. (No model.)

To all whom z'may concern.-

Be it known that l, EDWARD K. MCGILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Phila-- delphia, 'in the county of PhiladelphiaJ and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGames; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to games and game apparatus.

rIhe object is to provide a game easily learned, to be played with diceby a large or a small numberV of persons, that shall closely resemblethe game of base-ball as played in the field-in fact, be a counterpartof the professional game, one wherein the terms used in the game ofbaseball will be employed, and which will hold the interest of theplayers until the finish.

Vith these objects in view the invention consists in a devicehereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in thedrawing.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a plan View of a gaine-boardembodying my invention..

A designates thc game-board, in the center of which is placed adiamond-shaped field, B, composed of the sides b b, at each point ofjuncture of which is placed a square or base, b b2 b3 b, representing,respectively, first base, second base, third base, and home base, the

sides of the diamond being the runs between the bases.

The game may be engaged in by from two to eighteen persons, divided intotwo sides or clubs of equal number, and is played with two dice and aproper number of counters or disks, each person being represented by asingle disk.

I find that the dfferentfcombinations resulting from the throws of twodice amount to twenty-one in number, and these I arrange thus: 1 1, 1 2,1 8,1 4, 1 5, 1 6, 2 2, 2 3, 2 4, 2 5, 2 6, 3 3, 3 4, 3 5, 3 6, 1/4,445, 4 6, 5 5, 5 6, 6 6.

Having selected a series of professional games played by professionalclubs and finding the number of hits, fouls, errors, strikes, balls,files, two-base hits, three-basehits, home runs, double plays, &c., thatare made during the games, the twenty-one combinations above referred towere then divided proportionately, according to the above plays, intotwo-base hits, base-hits, bases on errors, bases on balls, strikes,foul-outs, out at first, iy-onts, double plays, three-base hits, andhome runs. By so doing I arrange the colnbination forming the followinglist, which I call the Umpirez 1 U'MPIRE.

To begin the game, decide by throwing the dice which side shall take thefirst inning, this being taken by the side making the lowest throw. Theplayers having inning must throw each in turn, each placing his counteror disk uponthe board at such point indicated in the umpire list abovegiven, according to the value of his throw. If, for example, the'dice-thrown by the first player form the combina tion 1 2, thiswouldconstitute acne-base hit, and the player would placehis counterupon the point indicated upon the board as iirst base. The second playerof the club holding the inning then plays, the persons playing each inturn until three are declared out, according to the following points:Basehit or base on error moves player to irst base and advances any onbases each one base. Two base hit moves player to second base andadvances any onbases each three bases. Home run, player and any on basesscore one run each. Base on balls moves player to rstbase and only movesothers on bases when forced to advance. Out at first puts the playerout, but any onbases advance each one base, unless theplayermakesthreeout. Fly-outorfoul-out puts player out, but does not advance any onbases. Strike, player throws again, three successive strikes countingplayer ont. Double play, player out, and if any on bases the one nearestthe home also goes out. Others on bases advance one base each, unlessthe play makes three out.

Vhen three players are out on one side it completes an inning. A recordis kept ofthe number of runs made. All players having made a circuit ofthe bases should be credited with a run. The other side or club thentakes its inning, this being repeated until nine innings have beenplayed, when the game is completed, the side having the largest numberof runs winning.

The gan1e-board herein shown is to be distinguished from any one inwhich the movement of the players is indicated by a dial and pointer,from the fact that in this case dice are substituted for the dial andpointer, and the board itself is asi mple outline of the game, all ofwhich renders the construction more simple and the game more realisticand attract-ive.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A game apparatus consisting of a gameboard provided with lines andsquares, and an assemblage of figures forming an umpire list, said listheilig produced by the different combi nations resulting from the throwsof dice, substantially as described.

2. The herein described game apparatus, consisting of a game-boardprovided with lines and squares, an umpire list formed by lthe differentcombinations resulting from the throws of dice, and disks or countersdesigned to represent the players, substantially as described.

3. r] `he herein described game apparatus, consisting of a game-boardprovided with lines and squares, an umpire list formed by the differentcombinations resulting from the throws of dice, disks or countersdesigned to represent the players, and ordinary dice, the uumberson saiddice being designed to determine the move of each player on -the board,suhstanti all y as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof Iaiiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EDWD. K. MCGILL. Vitnesses:

EDWIN A. DUGAN, Geo. XV. DELANY.

